Blunt chest traumas are a clinical challenge, both for diagnosis and treatment. The use of
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance can play a major role in this setting. We present two cases: a
12-year-old boy and 45-year-old man. Late gadolinium enhancement imaging enabled visualization
of myocardial damage resulting from the trauma.

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This work was partially funded by the Spanish Industrial and Technological
Development Centre (CDTI) under the CENIT Programme (CDTEAM
Project).

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eng

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BioMed Central

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Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance 2009; 11(1): 35

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(c) Huguet et al; Licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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